Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-20
CAME TOGETHER IN A FOG.
Fatal Railroad Collision at Eagle Point,
Near Dubuque, Ia.
FIVE LIVES ARE SACRIFICED
A Train. .Dispatcher's Biunder Causes
the Catastrophe - Five Killed
IN . Similar Accident in
Ohio-Other Casualties.
Five Men Killed.

DUBUQUE, Ia, Sept l9.-ISpecial Tele-
gram to the BEE.l-Passenger train No.
going south and the second section of No.
8 going north cOllided at Eagle Point curve
at o'clock THIS morning owing. to the Dubu-
que train dispatchers failure to notify No.
that No. 3 was In two sections. No. passed
the first section two miles north. Both OF
the engines and tenders were demolished
and the combination baggage ard smoking
cars of No. were telescOpad. The
day coaches and mail car of No. 3
were rolled down an embankment.
Engineer Fales, Firemen Cummns and
Richmond and Brakeman Verelia were
killed. Engineer Winchester cannot liye.
Messenger O'Brien, Baggageman Numma,
a passenger named Richard Wright, and
Conductor Clark were dangerously injured.
Baggageman Blair, Postal Clerk Hurley,
Messengers Mimms and Stalker, of Chicago.
W. w. Kitchey. of West Union, Pile, of
Bellevue, and several others were more or
less injured.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
DUBUQUE, Ia, Sept. 19.-The most disas-
trOus and fatal railroad accident that has oc-
Cured In this vicinity for years took place
this morning at five minutes past 4, on the
Chicago, Milwaukee g. st. Paul railroad,
two miles north of here. Two passenger
trains collided on the curve around Eagle
Point, by which two engineers and one fire.
man were instantly killed, the other fireman
and brakeman dying during the forenoon;
In all five persons. Charles Fales, one of the
oldest engineers on the road, W as on the en-
CINE of the south bound train, and Elmer
Winchester on the north bound train. William
Richmond and Edward Cummings were the
two liremen and all lived in Dubuque John
Pernity, of Milwaukee, brakeman on the
north bound train was instantly killed. lie
was riding on the engine so as to open the
switch at Peru three miles beyond and the
regular meeting place of the two trains. j..
J. OBrien, the express messenger and one
of the postal Gle rks were badly shaken up
but not seriously hurt. None of the passen-
gers were injured beyond few bruises ex-
cept Richard Wright Of Holy Cross, who
was coming to Dubuque. He was injured in
the back but not dangerously. The Two en-
gines were badly wrecked and were thrown
Into shapeless mass.
The cause of the accident Is charged up to
the train dispatcher at La Crosse. These
two trains usually pass at the Peru SIDE side
track, five miles north of Dubuque. The,
north bound train was behind timc and
Dubuque. Conductoe WoIcott and Engineer
Winchester, of the north bound train, re-
fused to leave Dubuque on the first order
from the train dispatcher at La Crosse, ex; !:
they did. They notified him of their appre-
hensiOn, but received second order, i'm
perative In Its nature and pulled out The
Eagle Point one of the sharpest curves on
the road, and where all trains have to whistle
sesvv sSw low UP e .G hf a hsGs %"s
ing at good speed and the engines could not
be seen until within fifty feet of each other
and too late for either engineers or tiremen
to jump.
Railroad Accidents Near Knoxville.
KNOXVILLE. Ia, Sept. l9.-lSpeclal Tele
gram to the BEE. last evening the incom
ing west-bound 6 o'clock train met with 6
little accident. One of the fiat cars was
loaded with big iron sewer tile. diameter
3 feet andin length about 20 feet
ness. The structure holding the tile on the
car became loose and the tile fell partly OF
one end on the ground and the other on the
car, dumping along at such rate, demora
tied the tile, derailed some cars and severely
injured a brakeman by the name of Morris
He was taken home to Abba. The track vii
have to be repaired.
Another accident occurred on the same
road-the Chicago, Burlington Il Quincy
about two miles east of this town, shOrtl!
afterward. Russ Kerr, a son of John Kerr
with his buggy was run into by the train
The buggy was destroyed, and Mr. Ker
badly injured. At that point on the RAILROAD
ents have already occurred there.